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There are a lot of puzzle games that fit the low tier. Some I've enjoyed:
Brushwood buddies (only started this, need to go back and fully get how it works), Hook, Link Twin, LYNE, Unium, Windosill
Non-puzzle:
Card City Nights, Fortix, Fortix 2, moto RKD dash, Spoiler Alert, Super Hexagon, Surfingers

..there are surely more I'm forgetting though =P

The 12 Labours of Hercules series is currently one of the most popular time/resource manager series on Steam, and not just because all but the latest entry were bundled. They are all in the 3-dollar range. (And bonus points for a game that knows how to spell "labour".)

Dominique Pamplemousse dropped to the one-dollar range for a while now. It is technically a point 'n' click, but in reality more like a semi-interactive musical done by one person. Her "I am not in any gender" message gets a little hamfisted after a while, but the story is pretty good regardless.

Windosill is a cheap cute minimalistic puzzle game. Short as hell though.
Same goes for Through Abandoned and its sequel.
Similar goes for Don't Disturb, but it is more of a visual game, so the incredibly strong Chinglish is not detrimental.

Depending on how much you tolerate totally unexplained Kafka-esque absurdity, Hamlet or the last game without MMORPG features, shaders and product placement can be either one of your favourite games ever or the worst thing you ever played.

Time Gentlemen, Please! and Ben There, Dan That! are two indie adventure games with the associated ludicrous moon logic, but especially the first one is charming (also free on many Flash game sites) and the second one is sufficiently mixing real Brit humour with some really dark humour. Also, it has Hitler in a mecha.

McPixel. 'Nuff said.

Hexoscope. The only game I know of this price range that turned out to be so good that even the dev was surprised by it. It was released with a one-dollar price tag, but raised it later, and it is still worth it. One of the highest replay value in a simplistic puzzle game in recent history, and the OST kicks ass.

As we all know, Kung Fury is the best film ever made, period. (Until its sequel/remake comes out, at least.) So it is natural that its official game sequel, Street Rage is the bestest thing ever.

Sadly, The Room and The Room Two are 5 dollars. Especially the first one is a noteworthy mechanical puzzle game.

I enjoyed playing those three text based games
Lifestream
Shady Brook
The Filmmaker

Also there is this Time Management game Katy and Bob
A visual novel but different than the others One Night Stand
Clicker game Plantera

I'll try not to repeat any ;>...

• GigaChess
• SQUAKE
• Heavy Fire: Afghanistan + Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear
• Dark Quest
• Prison Run and Gun
• Snail Trek (There's four episodes so far)
• Koala Kids
• Spaceport Hope
• Thorne - Death Merchants + Thorne - Son of Slaves
• Out There Somewhere

There's alot of enjoyable games at that price range, unfortunately mostly getting buried by all the asset flips and cash grabs.

I have played and can recommend Refunct and LYNE. Leaving Lyndow is on my wishlist, and I have a handful of others on your lists in my (or my kids') libraries, so that means they looked good enough to me to acquire and hopefully play someday.

Lasercat was enjoyable. 1P, 90%, bundled

Baobabs Mausoleum Ep.1: Ovnifagos Don´t Eat Flamingos
http://store.steampowered.com/app/646600/Baobabs_Mausoleum_Ep1_Ovnifagos_Dont_Eat_Flamingos/

only 3 P!

awesome thread, heilurmes

How does you achievement Checker work on games that have no achievements or broken achievements likes Sleepng Valley

Considering that there are good free games, it should be no surprise that there are good cheap ones, too.

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